How do you explain death to a three-year-old? My husband's father died last month and our daughter still asks about her grandfather. Do I explain death as it is or come up with euphemisms like he went to live on the moon?

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When my husband's Grandmother passed away, we explained to her like an adult would. She seem to understand it as when she saw a scene of the daddy Dino passed away she cried bitterly saying the daddy Dino went to heaven. To me, this is part and parcel of life they will face while growing up. I share with her Daddy and I will grow old too and might left her one day; but we live in another form in her memories and heart due to the wonderful times we have. I rather share with her early using a good story rather than something happen suddenly and she left shocked without proper understanding.

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